New York, NY – After he had been ignominiously fired from a firm he loved, started a financial-information company that almost no one thought had a chance – and then triumphantly watched it change the landscape of Wall Street – Michael Bloomberg forecast how The New York Times would cover his death. His success, he said in 1998, flashing the ego that is one of his trademarks, ensured him “a long obituary.”
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And that was before he was twice elected mayor of New York City, a job that he holds today and that has won him approval ratings George W. Bush would die for. Now, with Bloomberg’s second term as mayor due to end in early 2010 and his 65th birthday just past, the question is what Mayor Mike will do next to embellish his obit.
Democrat Bloomberg turned himself into a Republican to become New York City’s mayor and may seek the presidency as an independent.
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